Scorer's Tent, March 30

Scorer's Tent, March 30

Results from golf league play around Polk County through March 28 with format, date, event and winners by flight or class in alphabetical order.Anglers Green Friday Couples, Quota Points, March 25: Ken/Donna Mertz and Bill/Marlene O'Connor tied at plus 3, Dick Chase/Pat Kemske plus 2, Neil/Marilyn Haack and Bob Boling/Sharon Harrison tied at plus 1. Closest to pin: No. 1 - Dick Chase and Nonni Gutzwiller; No. 4 - Rita McDonald; No. 5 - Bob Gutzwiller and Marlene O'Connor; No. 6 - Wendell Stone and Rachel Bauer; No. 9 - Paul Wasulko and Karen Yak.Anglers Green Men's Nine-Hole League, Quota Points (11 a.m.), March 24: A Fight - Bruce Sheehan plus 2 on a match of cards over Dan Chase, Dick Chase plus 1 on a match of cards over Dave Staines and Ken Mertz; B - Bill Dunker plus 4, Dave Kane plus 2 on a match of cards over Paul Goyette and Al Adcox golf players sports, Tom White plus 1 on a match of cards. Closest to pin: No. 1 - Wray Petersen; No. 9 - Merrill Vallengoed.Anglers Green Men's Nine-Hole League, Quota Points (1 p.m.), March 24: A Flight - Dick Wilkinson even on a match of cards over Fred Heinen and Andy Yak, Doug Landen minus 1 on a match of cards over Neil Haack; B - Bill O'Connor plus 2, Bill Clark even on a match of cards over Rich Auble and Roy Marden, Ben Collet minus 1 on a match of cards Will Tiger Woods Get Free Golf Holiday. Closest to pin: No. 1 - Fred Heinen; No. 9 - Doug Landen.

Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am sold out

Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am sold out

People waiting to see a reliable weather forecast for April 11 before purchasing tickets to the 17th annual Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am are out of luck.Tickets to the golf tournament at the Barefoot Resort Dye Club have sold out golf players sports.This is the earliest organizers have sold all of the event's 6,000 tickets - which sold for $15 this year - since it moved from Kiawah Island to Myrtle Beach in 2003. They join prior commitments Tyler Thigpen, Dan Marino, Chuck Finley, Mickey Tettleton, Jaret Wright, Ric Flair, Doug Gottlieb, Mike Greenberg, Mike Golic, Chris Redman, Jim McMahon, George Rogers, Sterling Sharpe, Michael Waltrip, Kyle Petty, Tom Berenger, Gary Valentine, Kevin Sorbo, Jackie Flynn and caddie Fluff Cowan Martin Laird Is First European to Win at Bay Hill Sets Sights on Augusta.

Local golf: Perpetuas helping Japan relief effort

Local golf: Perpetuas helping Japan relief effort

Mayuko Perpetua, the SIWGA Classic champion, and husband Ed Perpetua, best known as a Staten Island Sports Hall of Famer for his tennis exploits, have launched several fundraisers here for the children of Japan affected by the earthquake, tsunami and resulting nuclear radiation worries. Jim McBratney of Jimmy Max restaurant in Westerleigh has allowed a children’s music concert fund-raiser at his restaurant Saturday at 2 p.m golf players sports. The group Patrick With Friends will perform at the restaurant. McBratney will be donating 50 percent of the food profits to the fund. Customers are reminded to mention the relief fund to their servers. According to McBratney and the Perpetuas, other restaurants joining in the effort now include: Nucci’s Restaurant, Nucci’s South, Manor House, Afternoones, Jimmy Max of Westerleigh and Jimmy Max of Great Kills. On Saturday evening, Perpetua and his staff of tennis instructors will host a 2-hour tennis clinic at the Club at Woodbridge, in Woodbridge, N.J. for both children and adults from 4-6 p.m. with children under 12 paying $15 and adults donating $30. The final leg of this fund-raiser takes place on April 16 from 7-11 p.m. at the Club at Woodbridge. It will be $50 per person including tennis, music by the group Joyous Noise, laughs, food and games for the “Japan Disaster Fund Raiser.” All of the above is sanctioned by UNICEF What You Need to Consider When Choosing New Golf Shafts.

PowerPlay set for TV deal

PowerPlay set for TV deal

Acclaimed sports administrator Ken Schofield CBE has been named as the new Chairman of PowerPlay Golf, marking another significant step in the development of golf's new format. PowerPlay Golf has also announced that it will stage a press conference at The Celtic Manor Resort, City Of Newport, Wales, on Wednesday 13th April, at 1400 GMT. At the event, which will be streamed live on www.powerplay-golf.com and across the internet golf players news, PowerPlay Golf will unveil details of its new televised professional golf series, working together with international sports marketing giants IMG. Also to be revealed are the date, field and location for its opening event, details of a major global sponsorship deal, and the strategy to implement PowerPlay Golf at courses across the world. Ken Schofield commented: "Our research suggests that golf is ready for something similar to Twenty20 Cricket, which has given that sport a boost worldwide. We plan to take PowerPlay Golf global and to develop an exciting short form of the game that will not only appeal to TV audiences and broadcasters Latest Golf News of Martin Laird, but will also complement the long form of the game and will increase the amount of golf played around the world."

Power Play Golf to get new TV events

Power Play Golf to get new TV events

GOLF'S equivalent of Twenty20 Cricket is set to feature in a new television series this year, with organisers of events on three continents lining up major winners and Ryder Cup players to compete in them.PowerPlay Golf, which sees players competing in a unique two-flag format golf players news, has also appointed former European Tour chief executive Ken Schofield as its new chairman. PowerPlay Golf has been piloted in 30 countries and details of the new events will be announced next month Is Your Golf Swing Training Aids True.

Tiger's now the short hitter in the pairing

Tiger's now the short hitter in the pairing

ORLANDO, Fla. – Tiger Woods used to be one of the longest hitters in golf.When he tees it up Thursday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, he won’t be the longest hitter in his threesome golf players news. In fact, he’ll be the shortest with Dustin Johnson and Gary Woodland in his group.Woods had some fun with his shrinking tee-shot stature.“I’ll be the Corey Pavin of my group,” Woods said Wednesday. “Those guys will be bombing it way out there past me.”Johnson (311.8 yards per drive) is the second longest driver on Tour behind Bubba Watson (313.5). Woodland (299.5) is eighth. Woods (297.9) is 13th. Woodland, it should be noted, is longer than his stats indicate. He doesn’t hit as many drivers as he could.It's not lost on Woods that both Johnson and Woodland are athletic beyond golf."The next two days is a perfect example of where the game has changed, where you've got two guys who used to play basketball who are now playing golf and that's what I've been alluding to all these years,” Woods said. “We are finally going to get athletes. Guys who can dunk, guys who could have played baseball or could have played football at the D1 level, but no, they are playing play golf instead. Now, with all of that speed and power and fast twitch . . . are now playing golf.  And this is a perfect example of it. "Woods (294.8) was the second longest hitter on the PGA Tour in 1997, his first full season as a pro. John Daly (302) was first. Woods said he can dial his power up, but . . . "I don't have the gears that those guys do. When I hit it solid and they hit it solid, obviously, they are going to be longer. If I step on it and they step on it, they are still going to be longer Hit Your Golf Ball Long and High ." 

Ben's Top Ten: St. Catherine's wins TOC

Ben's Top Ten: St. Catherine's wins TOC

Boys golf plays Las Lomas The Alhambra High boys golf team fell by just six shots, 210-216 to Las Lomas on Thursday at Boundary Oak Golf Course golf players news. Elliot Busichio was the medalist, shooting a two-over par, 38 on the par 36 course. Zach Hammer was second shooting a 41, while Andrew Regner shot a 42. Tim O’Leary shot a 47 and Joey Fuller had a 48.Las Lomas 210, Alhambra 216

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President takes a bogey in a time of crisis

President takes a bogey in a time of crisis

I've figured out Barack Obama. He's not a Muslim; he's a golfer!That's a reference to Russell Kirk's semi-famous retort to the conspiratorial nuts who insisted that Dwight Eisenhower was a secret Commie. The revered conservative intellectual responded disdainfully golf players news, "Ike's not a Communist; he's a golfer."For the record, while I think the media's special standard for Democratic presidents' recreation is outrageous, I really don't care that Obama plays a lot of golf. And he does play a lot. In his first year in office, Obama played more rounds of golf than George W. Bush did in two full terms. He's now close to tripling Bush's eight-year total, though that's misleading since Bush vowed to stop golfing in 2003 because "playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signals."That clarifies the golf stats, but not exactly in Obama's favor since we're still at war and the president has been nothing if not abundantly clear that he considers himself a greater moral exemplar than his predecessor.Perhaps it's Obama's conspicuous duffing that inspired New York Times columnist and White House confidante David Brooks to write that we are in a new Ike Age."During the first two years," Brooks writes, the administration "hewed to Kennedy's seize-the-moment style. Now it seems to be copying the Eisenhower mood."Really? The "Eisenhower mood" is an awfully charitable way to describe a president who seems to be playing hooky when he's not hiding under his desk.The real problem for Obama is not that he likes his exercise. It's that he's acting like an employee who thinks he's too good for the job.Obama has always been offended by criticism, finding it somehow illegitimate to disagree with him. But his frustration is getting the better of him. The New York Times reports that "Mr. Obama has told people that it would be so much easier to be the president of China. As one official put it, 'No one is scrutinizing Hu Jintao's words in

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.'"What an inconvenience it must be that the world looks to America for leadership when people are sacrificing their lives to fight tyranny. I don't remember reading that Eisenhower whined about Mao having it so much easier than he did.

Woodland comes up clutch to win at Innisbrook

Woodland comes up clutch to win at Innisbrook

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Gary Woodland, a pure athlete who only started serious golf competition eight years ago, figured out quickly that hitting the ball from here to the moon was not going to help him win tournaments.Perhaps it was only fitting that his biggest shot Sunday at the Transitions Championship came with his putter golf players news.The race to the finish at Innisbrook was so wild that Woodland didn't make a single par on the back nine until the last hole. He made a 10-foot par putt that proved to be the difference in a one-shot victory over Webb Simpson."I can't come out here and hit the golf ball 900 yards and win," said Woodland, exaggerating only slightly. "I was very conservative this week, laid back almost all day — all four days — and just tried to get the ball in the fairway, get it on the green and let the putter do the work. That's what I'm learning."The final par — his only par on a back nine that featured five birdies and three bogeys — gave Woodland a 4-under 67 and his first trip to Augusta National for the Masters.Simpson also flew long on the 18th green and faced the same scary shot as Woodland in the group ahead. He off the back of the green Try These Golf Driving Tips to Improve Your Game, chipped 20 feet by the hole and the par putt was the only bad stroke he made all day. The bogey gave him a 69 and a runner-up finish in an otherwise solid performance for his first time in serious contention."I just didn't hit a very good second shot," Simpson said.Woodland took only 23 putts in the final round — 10 on the back nine. According to the Shotlink data, he didn't miss a single putt inside 20 feet in the final round, with four of those 17 putts outside 10 feet.

Amputee offers golf lessons, to drive better prosthetics for all

Amputee offers golf lessons, to drive better prosthetics for all

TAMPA - The hills and slopes of a Florida golf course may not look daunting to most, but to someone playing with a prosthetic leg, approaching the greens can seem a mighty trek."That's one of the biggest challenges they face," says Mike Rieth, a licensed prosthetist at St. Petersburg Limb and Brace. "It can be quite difficult walking up and down the little hills."Still, he said, golf is the top sport among his clients, since it doesn't involve the pounding movements of other sports golf team.Now researchers at the University of South Florida want to help amputees get more out of the game. Scientists at the School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences invited a group of amputee golfers to Tampa Palms Country Club recently to find out if there was enough interest to pursue additional research in the field.The answer was a clear yes.Golfers received coaching from pros and tips from prosthetics researchers to improve their game and make better use of their prostheses.Researchers from USF's School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation watched golf swings and listened in on conversations to learn of new challenges to study.Rudy Salas, a Marine veteran who lost a leg below the knee when he stepped on a mine in Vietnam in 1967, has been playing golf for about three years. Salas, 64, is president of the Amputee Veterans of America Support Team at James A. Haley VA Medical Center in Tampa, and brought several buddies to the course."The real benefit is that we get the prosthetic people paying attention to how we play the game," he said. That knowledge, he hopes, will lead to better prosthetic devices for all amputees Choi Donated $100,000 to Japan Earthquake.USF's is among the leading centers for prosthetic research in the country, not only conducting research, but also fitting patients with prosthetic devices. Jason Highsmith, a physical therapist and researcher, says the center studies new devices and what's on the market to make sure that what works in the lab works in real life. The goal is "to come up with the best device for all activities of daily living and recreation," he said.Highsmith's colleague, Jason Kahle, said it was useful, for instance, to learn that some above-the-knee amputees had a hard time locking their artificial knees so they can transfer their body weight while swinging a golf club."What if I could change a computer program for a microprocessor knee so the knee would lock only while playing golf? That would be something worth researching," Kahle said."We're always gathering ideas for the next venture. What do we need to look at next?"James Bond, 53, of St. Augustine, Fla., was riding a motorcycle when he was hit by a drunken driver in 1987 and lost a leg above the knee. He has been golfing for four years.His prosthesis swivels in the ankle, giving him good range of motion. But like many amputees, he hesitates to really test the limits of the device.The USF experts, he said, "will get us to use the prosthesis to its full potential.

Emporia High has announced its summer football camps

Emporia High has announced its summer football camps

 The varsity camp will be from May 31 to June 4. The camp will run from 5 to 9 p.m. May 31 through June 3 and from 9 to 11 a.m. on June 4. The middle school camp (seventh and eighth grade) will be from 9 to 11 a.m. from June 27 to July 1.The EHS freshman camp will be from 9 to 11 a.m. July 11-15. The Spartan fifth and sixth grade camp will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 3-6 and from 9 to 11 a.m. on Aug. 7. All camps will be on the turf practice field behind the high school. The Spartan summer strength and conditioning program begins June 13. Sessions begin at 6 a.m., 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., and 7:30 p.m. in the high school weight room. 4. Myrna Taunton Memorial Junior Golf ProgramThe inaugural 2011 Myrna Taunton Memorial Junior Golf Program Award is $250. The award is eligible to any KWGA member or club member who supports or promotes junior golf in Kansas golf team. Examples could include program development, instruction, competition or taking part in rules seminars. Applicants must describe how and where the award funds will be used. Written applications are due April 1 for the inaugural year and thereafter the due date will be on or before March 4. Applications should be sent to Julie Hower, KWGA Scholarship Chairman,

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. Donations to the fund also can be mailed to the same address. Rec center baseball/softball The Emporia Recreation Commission will be offering baseball and softball leagues for children between the ages of 3-15, with various divisions depending on age..Rec center golf lessonsThe Emporia Recreation Commission is offering golf lessons for children 7-18. The lessons will begin June 7 and participants will meet each Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Lee Beran Recreation Center and return from the golf course at 3 p.m. The fee is $50 for residents of USD 253 and $55 for non-residents. Participants are asked to bring their own clubs if possible, though loaner clubs will be available.

Garcia searching for enthusiasm

Garcia searching for enthusiasm

Setting up over a shot, he slowly releases his fingers from the grip and carefully replaces them in just the right position, checking himself one last time before unleashing a swing that made him of the best ball-strikers in golf. But when he missed the cut at the PGA Championship last August, the 31-year-old Spaniard took a 10-week break to see if he could rediscover his enthusiasm for golf. Garcia returns to the PGA Tour for the first time in seven months at the Transitions Championship at Innisbrook, which starts Thursday. He played four times on the European Tour late last year after his break and had mixed results golf team. He played three times on the European Tour during its Middle East swing and had more of the same. “I definitely feel like I want to be out there,” Garcia said. “So that always helps.” He has a long road in front of him. It was only two years ago that Garcia rose to No. 2 in the world and had a chance to replace Tiger Woods atop the world ranking. Since then, it has been a steady drop all the way to No. 85. One reason he waited until the middle of March to play his first U.S. tour event was because of his ranking. He no longer was eligible for the Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona for the top 64, or the Cadillac Championship last week at Doral for the top 50. He’s in the Masters from winning The Players Championship three years ago. Garcia attributes some of his malaise to splitting up two years ago with the daughter of Greg Norman, telling the Times of London later that year it was the first time he had ever truly been in love. That’s about as far as Garcia goes in analyzing his passion for golf Golf News about Golf Improvement of Women. “It was a mix of things,” he said Wednesday after his pro-am round on the Copperhead course. “A couple of things off the golf course didn’t help. And then I just started playing not great. Knowing how I can play and what I’m capable of doing, I don’t like to settle for less.

Bonita golfer, 95, relishes journey more than destination

Bonita golfer, 95, relishes journey more than destination

Schooled in the game as a childhood caddie at venerable St. Clair Country Club in Pittsburgh and later president of historic Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J., Bonita Springs resident Fred Thompson didn’t give much thought to shooting his age the first time he accomplished the feat, in his early 90s. Nor does Thompson, who will be 96 in June, get carried away with what now is a regular occurrence for him at his winter home at Spanish Wells Country Club in Bonita Springs golf team. “The boys keep me informed about that,” Thompson said of his regular Friday group of 16 or 18 foursomes. “It’s fun.” Thompson, who owned his own company in New Jersey that supplied upholstery fabrics to furniture companies, takes more pride in his presidency at Ridgewood from 1983-1987 and successorship at the club by his son. “We’re the only father-son presidents in that club,” he said of the 1929 A.W. Tillinghast design founded in 1890 and home to such events as the 1935 Ryder Cup, 1974 U.S. Amateur, 1990 U.S. Senior Open and 2001 Senior PGA Championship Sean Foley Talked about News of Tiger Woods. “There’s been a lot of presidents, but we’re the only combination.” Once a mid-80s golfer and still playing three times a week, Thompson attributes his longevity in part to not smoking and eating properly. “That’s about the only thing I know,” he said. “I’ve got good genes. My mother lived to 91 or 92, and my father lived to 88.”

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tyler Thigpen to attend Monday After Masters

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tyler Thigpen to attend Monday After Masters

Miami Dolphins quarterback and Coastal Carolina graduate Tyler Thigpen and three-time PGA Tour winner Brian Gay are among recent commitments to the 17th annual Hootie & the Blowfish Monday After the Masters Celebrity Pro-Am.Thigpen is among a handful of first-time participants, including PGA Tour members Blake Adams and Josh Teater, who each earned approximately $1 million on tour last year.NFL legend Dan Marino confirmed Sunday he was returning to the event, being played April 11 at Barefoot Resort's Dye Club Is Tiger Woods an Ordinary Golfer, and other celebrities scheduled to take part include: former Major League Baseball players Chuck Finley, Mickey Tettleton and Jaret Wright; wrestler Ric Flair; radio hosts Doug Gottlieb, Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic; current or former NFL players Chris Redman, Jim McMahon, George Rogers and Sterling Sharpe; NASCAR drivers Michael Waltrip and Kyle Petty; actors Tom Berenger, Gary Valentine and Kevin Sorbo; comedian Jackie Flynn; and caddie Fluff Cowan.Musicians scheduled to appear, in addition to Hootie's four members, are Edwin McCain, Eric Bass, Colt Ford, Jack Ingram, Josh Kelley, Johnny Lee, Andrew Copeland of Sister Hazel, and Scott Phillips of Alter Bridge.Some celebrities, including Flair and Berenger, will be at the golf course and take part in some functions but won't be playing golf.Other pro golfers scheduled to attend include: Jim Furyk, Woody Austin, John Daly, Ricky Barnes, Chris DiMarco, Ken Duke, Tommy Gainey, Robert Gamez, Spencer Levin, Kristy McPherson, Ryan Palmer, Larry Rinker, Charlie Rymer, Darron Stiles, Kyle Thompson and D.J. Trahan golf team.Tournament organizers are continuing to recruit more players and other player announcements are likely forthcoming.Tournament director Paul Graham said more than 30 foursomes at approximately $5,000 per player have registered to play, and many more have inquired."It's about as slammed as it's ever been," Graham said. "We're basically turning away right now because we have to fulfill the commitments we already have. The demand is way bigger than we can actually accommodate."

Did you know?

Did you know?

1. Boston College-bound star guard and junior tri-captain Nicole Boudreau's best sport actually might be golf rather than basketball. "She's actually better at golf than she is at basketball," her father Richard Boudreau said. "We didn't golf at all last year because she hurt her back. (Before that) she had a 1.9 handicap and she got it that low when she actually didn't work at it that hard. She was always good being able to drive the ball. She could drive the ball 270, 280 yards straight."Boudreau played on the Andover boys golf team her freshman and sophomore years."I never really had the passion for golf that I do for basketball," Boudreau said. 2. Junior tri-captain Ally Fazio did gymnastics for eight years before stopping in the seventh grade."My dad kind of bribed me to play basketball (instead of doing gymnastics in high school)," joked Fazio, whose father Dave Fazio is the boys basketball coach at Andover. "So I quit in seventh grade." Fazio's best event was the vault. She said sophomore Devon Caveney and senior Elon Beasley also did gymnastics with her. 3. Junior Mollie Maturah is part Jamaican."My dad (was born) and lived in Jamaica until he was between 8 and 12," Maturah said. "Then, he moved here. ... My mom is Irish. Her dad was a sailor and they actually lived on a houseboat for a long time." 4. Senior tri-captain Natalie Gomez-Martinez was a big Allen Iverson fan growing up and she even owned an Iverson warmup basketball suit in the fifth grade golf team. "I was obsessed with Allen Iverson," she said. "(The warmup suit) was red pants and a red matching zip-up with the name 'Iverson' on the back. It was pretty legit." 5. Sophomore Olivia Biles' favorite Andover High basketball player growing up was Ashley McLaughlin and when McLaughlin graduated from Andover in 2004, Biles continued tofollow her career at Holy Cross. McLaughlin was The Eagle-Tribune MVP as a senior and a Super Teamer as a junior. She then started three years at Holy Cross."I've always been such a big fan of hers," Biles said. "I went to a ton of her games. Her mom used to get us tickets and it used to be so much fun watching her and watching her play at Holy Cross, too. I was in church league back then."Biles said she will apply to Holy Cross. 6. Sophomore Devon Caveney — as just a second grader — played Cosette in the high school production of Les Misé©rables. "My parents made me try out for the play," she said, laughing. 7. Sophomore Jackie Alois' parents grew up in New Jersey, she said. And Jackie was born in New Jersey. "So we're Yankees fans," Alois said. "When we moved here ... everyone would boo us."Alois said her favorite Yankees player is Alex Rodriguez.8. Mollie Maturah took dance lessons for about 5 years old to fifth grade and performed in the Nutcracker as an angel.9. On the topic of dancing, Natalie Gomez-Martinez is quite a good dancer and loves to dance. "If I could've done another activity or hobby I would've definitely done dancing or hip hop," she said. 10. Jackie Alois used to be a competitive swimmer. She started swimming at 6 years old and she stopped at about 13. When she was 12, she swam the third fastest time in the country for the 100 breaststroke for girls 12 and under, she said, adding that her time was approximately 1:15. 11. Nicole Boudreau, who earned a scholarship to play basketball at BC, rooted for UConn women's basketball while growing up."When I was little, me and my dad used to go to UConn games," she said. "One of my dad's friends lives in Connecticut and he usually invited us up for a couple games." Boudreau's favorite UConn player while growing up was Diana Taurasi. 12. Devon Caveney used to horseback ride in third, fourth and fifth grades. She did it at Iron Horse Farm. 13. Ally Fazio and Nicole Boudreau were once the water girls for the Andover High varsity boys basketball team, coached by Fazio's dad Dave Fazio. "It was fun and we liked it because we were really into the games," Ally Fazio said. 14 Tiger Woods is Back. Mollie Maturah is a big fan of the University of Miami football team. She became a fan because her dad is a huge Hurricanes fan, she said. "I used to always make signs when the Hurricanes played," she said. "I used to draw 'Go 'Canes' and draw myself as a little cheerleader when I was like 6." Maturah, a junior, is thinking about applying to Miami. She wants to study history or humanities. 15. Devon Caveney is a fan of the Duke men's basketball team and her favorite player growing up was J.J. Redick.BONUS: Ally Fazio and Nicole Boudreau used to tell everyone they were sisters. "When we were younger and all throughout Hooptown we'd tell everyone that we were sisters," Fazio said. "We'd tell them that me and Nicole were sisters and (Nicole's twin sister) Danielle was our cousin. So Nicole and I still say that to this day — that we're sisters."

Mahan holds narrow edge at Doral

Hunter Mahan leads at the halfway stage of the WGC Cadillac Championship in Florida his opening round of 64 the catalyst for the one shot lead he holds over golf’s number one, Martin Kaymer and Italy’s Francesco Molinari.Scotland’s Martin Laird, Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy and Americans Matt Kuchar and Nick Watney are tied in 4th position just one shot further back sports golf tournament.Aaron Baddeley continued his good recent form with a brilliant ‘best of the day’ second round of 66 to be at 6 under and three from the lead and he is tied in that position with his fellow countryman Adam Scott and Dustin Johnson.28 year old Mahan, who won the World Golf Championship Bridgestone event in Akron last August, has played solidly this season with a runner-up finish at Pebble Beach and a 6th place finish at Torrey Pines. He made it to the round of 16 at the Accenture before being narrowly beaten by eventual finalist Martin Kaymer so his form-line was good leading into this week’s event.Mahan made a brilliant start on day one when he birdied six of his first eight holes Will Tiger Woods Become Mediocrity. When play was called for darkness on day one he was 7 under though 11 holes and although he dropped two shots late in his round on day two he has led throughout.In three starts in this event at this venue Mahan has yet to finish better than 30th but he is clearly well placed to do a lot better this week.Molinari is seeking his second consecutive stroke-play World Golf Championship event having won the HSBC Champions tournament in China late in 2010. He has been brilliant from tee to green thus far this week and another win at this level is not out of the question.

John Renslow: How to build a better golf swing

John Renslow: How to build a better golf swing

That wouldn't be any fun. Everybody would be out there shooting the same score all the time, golf ball sales would plummet, and your biggest problem would be hitting out of the divot you made yesterday. As you all know, I have your best interest at heart. So, I won't ruin your pursuit of happiness with a quick fix that would leave you sports golf tournament without better golf ambition.However, there is something about your golf swing that you should know. It is a basic, fundamental component to the swing that virtually all good players implement and nearly all poor players fail to recognize.Truth be told, there is no single secret to a good swing. Heaven knows, we all have different personalities, a variety of skill levels, and a plethora of body shapes. But, there are common better golf denominators, basic motions that when learned can transform your game from fledgling to fabulous.Our topic today is a fundamental motion and position. In fact, I like to use the analogy of a house. If we were building a golf swing, like your house, you need a solid foundation. You've got a plan that includes framing and re-bar and concrete. Without them your house will not stand up to adverse conditions, we Being Number One has not Changed Kaymer’s Life need to make sure that your base is secure.The basis or foundation for the swing is good body motions. When your body moves correctly, it provides the support for correct arm, hand, and golf club motions. In better golf other words, when your body moves correctly through the hitting area and on to the finish of the swing, it provides a firm podium for your arms, hands, and club to be in the correct position at impact.

Following wife's counsel pays quick dividend for Sabbatini

Following wife's counsel pays quick dividend for Sabbatini

In times past, Sabbatini's tachometer too often could push up toward red. The South Africa native plays with passion and speaks his mind, but the frustrations inherent in golf occasionally sent him over the line.This is the man, you might recall, who ditched better golf playing partner Ben Crane during a 2005 round because Crane is sports golf tournament among the game's most notorious slowpokes.Two years later, Sabbatini harbored a yearlong chip against Tiger Woods. After Woods beat him in Charlotte, Sabbatini called the then-No. 1 player "more beatable than ever." Paired again at the WGC-Bridgestone, Woods turned a one-shot deficit into an eight-shot romp. Later, Sabbatini better golf bolted Woods' Target World Challenge before the final round."I've had Being Number One has not Changed Kaymer’s Life my moments," Sabbatini said. "I'm not proud of everything I've done out here, but I'm trying to learn. I'm trying to be a role model for my children."That was the message of that little sit-down with Amy. Oldest son Harley is 7.

While Jack Nicklaus thinks Tiger can still break his record

While Jack Nicklaus thinks Tiger can still break his record

It is the lowest ranking since 1997 for Woods, who with his 2005 win at Doral regained the No. 1 ranking he'd lost to Vijay Singh and began a 281-week run at the top.Woods' final-round comeback at Doral also continued his dominance better golf of Mickelson. Mickelson had won his first major championship at the 2004 Masters, but at the time sports golf tournament Woods had eight to his credit. In the six years since their showdown, Woods has won six majors and Mickelson three. Mickelson, however, has gotten the better of Woods recently.Woods has had a better score than Mickelson only once in the last eight times they've played in the same group. That evens their head-to-head record at 11-11-4 in 26 meetings.With the top 50 players in the world rankings part of this Being Number One has not Changed Kaymer’s Life better golf week's 75-man field, there's a good chance better golf will be played in other groups.But on Thursday and Friday, when fan interest can be fickle, all eyes will be on Tiger vs. Phil.

While Jack Nicklaus thinks Tiger can still break his record

While Jack Nicklaus thinks Tiger can still break his record

who stepped down as Tiger Woods' swing coach two years ago, has been awfully vocal of late, saying via Twitter that under Butch Harmon, the most sports golf tournament events in a row that Tiger finished out of the top 10 was five and that with better golf him that streak was never more than two in a row for six years. I'm not sure where Haney is going with all this, but he did add that while he thinks Jack Nicklaus is the greatest of all time because of his major record, no one has played better golf than Woods. Now it's just a matter of when (or if) Woods can get back to that level. he made better golf last week, Greg Norman apparently does not. In an Kyle Stanley Talk about His Success interview with Golfweek's Jeff Rude, Norman basically broke it down to three things: Woods' swing, his age and the numbers game of still needing four more to catch Nicklaus.

New Super-Ultra-Light Golf Club Introduced By Exotics

New Super-Ultra-Light Golf Club Introduced By Exotics

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Cut Line: Fresh Faces, Old Aces

Cut Line: Fresh Faces, Old Aces

Fresh from the West Coast, “Cut Line” enjoyed fertile ground in search of this week’s winners and losers – from the USGA’s homerun with Mike Kyle Stanley Talk about His Success Davis to John Daly’s foul ball lawsuit – the Florida Swing is shaping up to be an interesting four weeks.Seems like just yesterday Daly was lamenting the lack of sponsor exemptions being thrown his way, blasting the fine folks at the Bob Hope Classic and Waste Management Phoenix Open for not sending him an invitation.But “Long John” is doing little to help chances by pressing ahead with his lawsuit against PGA National Resort, site of this week’s Honda Classic, following an incident at the 2007 event when a fan snapped a photo of Daly during his backswing which led to an injury. He’s asking for $15,000 in damages, or 150 FedEx Cup points, whichever is easier.Can’t help but think that maybe more tournaments would be willing to give the big man a freebie, but he’d have to sign a “hold harmless” clause along with his scorecard after each round.

Phil Mickelson is “excited about going forward and having a great year.”

Phil Mickelson is “excited about going forward and having a great year.”

Whether being the number one ranked golfer in the world is one of his goals this year:“You know Mike last year when I had a chance to get number one and everybody was talking about and so forth, that was the last thing on my mind usga golf tournaments and I had a lot of stuff going on with Amy obviously and family but I had some personal health pga golf store stuff that was going on too and I was very uncertain about what my future was going to hold but after I spent some time with the rheumatologist and after I started a treatment program for my psoriatic arthritis usga golf tournaments I feel much better to where I am able to resume my normal activities.  I am back in the gym with my trainer Sean and being able to do resume my workout routine, I am back on the golf course practicing every bit as hard as I have been able to in the past and I feel like this year is going to be Lee Westwood and Tiger Woods Drop Together good because usga golf tournaments my game is really coming back.  So now that my game is coming back I can sart to think about winning golf tournaments again, I can start to think about moving up again in the World rankings.  With a major championship coming up, especially the Masters right now, it is great to be able to feel like I am ready to take on these challenges.”

Rory McIlroy: A Bit of Advice for the Young Pup

Rory McIlroy: A Bit of Advice for the Young Pup

When Woods was McIlroy’s age, he was winning the Masters by 12 strokes and sending the green coats at Augusta National scrambling to figure out a way to stop this monster from ever devouring their crown jewel again.Woods is also usga golf tournaments responsible for all of those fancy sports cars that McIlroy owns.If there pga golf store were no Woods, it’s not unreasonable to believe that McIlroy would have earned a third of the money he’s already earned in just four years as a professional.Trust me; the masses ain’t coming out to see McIlroy.The likes of McIlroy, Westwood, Donald, etc., draw thousands to their HD television sets.  Woods is the one that draws out the millions.  This in turn has resulted in massive bank accounts for every single man, woman, child Lee Westwood and Tiger Woods Drop Together and usga golf tournaments caddie associated with professional golf.  So, here’s another bit of advice for young Rory.Go ahead and win a major before criticizing any player who has actually won one of the only four professional golf tournaments that matter.

Clear Your Calendar: March Is Tournament Month

Clear Your Calendar: March Is Tournament Month

March is tournament central in Central Florida and Polk County, and the PGA Tour arrives in Palm Beach Gardens this week to begin the Florida Swing.There are three golf tournaments of local interest the last week of March -- the Arnold usga golf tournaments Palmer Invitational at pga golf store Bay Hill in Orlando March 24-27; the LPGA Futures Tour's season-opener, the Florida's Natural Charity Classic at Lake Region in Winter Haven March 25-27; and the Ben Hill Griffin Invitational at Lake Wales Country Club March 25-26.The PGA Tour's Honda Classic starts Thursday at PGA National, followed March 10-13 by the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship at Doral in Miami and the Puerto Rico Open the same week.The Transitions Championship Buy Good Golf Clubs to Improve Your Game at Innisbrook in Palm Harbor is March 17-20.And Arnold usga golf tournaments Palmer will host his annual tournament at Bay Hill the following week, two weeks before the Masters April 7-10.The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach is May 12-15.